Fly-fan



L. WOODRUM.

Ply Fan.

Q1 ATTORNEY WITNESES V I INVENTOR NPETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D, c.

of a perspective view of this invention.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI WOODRUM, OF GREENOASTLE, INDIANA.

FLY-FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,288, dated March 22, 1881. Application filed August 21, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI WOODRUM, of Greencastle,in the county of Putnam and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Fly-Fans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters orfi gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 is a front view, of the same.

This invention has relation to fly-fans; and

. it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the T-shaped frame, the vibratory post set vertically therein and having a lateral arm near its lower end, the treadle piv oted to an arm of the'frame, and the pitman slotted at one end horizontally and at the other vertically, to receive, respectively, the the lateral arm of the post and the vertical arm of the treadle, all as hereinafter shown and described.

This invention is designed to provide a flyfan which can be placed near a table or bedstead,so that its fan will extend over the same and be readily and conveniently worked by means of a treadle.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the T-shaped frame, consisting of a longitudinal sill-piece, l3, and'a transverse sill-piece, 0, attached to the rear end of the same, a rail, D, above and parallel to the loogitudinal sill-piece, and supported by uprights E, extending from the sill-pieces, and by braces F, as shown in the drawings. An arm,G, ex tends laterally from the sill-piece B, near its forward end, and serves to support the treadle H, which is hinged thereto by means of a pin, a, passing through eyes 11, secured in the arm G, and eyes 0 cast on the under side of the treadle. In the longitudinal sill-piece a bearing-hole, d, is made, near its rear end, for the reception of the lower or pivotal end of the vi bratory post K, which extends upward through a bearing-hole, e, in the rail, extending vertically above the rail to receive the T-coupling 7, whereby the arm L of the fan N is connected to said post. This coupling is adj ustable up or down on said post, the adjustment being secured by means of a set-screw, g, and the fan-arm L is also adjustable int-he horizontal barrel of the coupling, a set-screw,h, being provided to fix its adjustment. In this manner the vertical distance of the fan from the floor can be easily regulated, as well as its horizontal distance from the vibratory post. The lower portion of the latter is provided with a lateral arm, 70, which extends on the same side of the frame with the treadle-supporting arm G, and is connected, by means of a pitman, P, to the vertical arm Z of the treadle, the pitman being provided at one end with a horizontal slot, .9, and at the other with a vertical slot, 8, in which the arm k and the treadlearm I are respectively pivoted. The treadle is arranged parallel with the longitudinal sillpiece, having its heel end toward the transverse sill-piece, so that the forward portion of the frame can be pushed under the table out of the way, while the adjustable coupling f will be within easy reach of the person operating the treadle. Usually the frame isarranged by the side of a chair in which the operator is seated,one end of the transverse sill-piece extending under the chair. The end of the pitman which is pivoted to the post arm is rearwardly extended, at z, to form a stop, which, by contact with the post K and the rear upright of the frame,-serves tolimit the movement of the fan and, when desirable, to give a sudden stopping shock thereto at either end of its movement.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The treadle n yfan herein described, consisting of the T-shaped frame A, having the supports E, rail D, and arm Gr, the vibratory post K, having the adjustable fan-arm L on its upper end and the lateralarm is near its lower end, the treadle H, having a vertical arm, I, and the pitman P, slotted vertically at one end and horizontally at the other, for connection, respectively, with the treadle-arm land the post-arm k, as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in thepresence of two witnesses.

LEVI WOODRUM. Witnesses:

J OHN T. OWEN, M. B. WELCH. 

